The U.S. Senate : from deliberation to dysfunction / / editor, Burdett A. Loomis

• Pubblicazione: Washington, : CQ Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 279 p.)
• Disciplina: 328.73071
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government
• Altri autori: LoomisBurdett A. <1945->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: "The Senate Goes On" - Changing the Slow Institution, 1960 - 2010 -- Chapter 1 - The U.S. Senate in the Mid-Twentieth Century -- Chapter 2 - U.S. Senate Elections in a Polarized Era -- Chapter 3 - A Half-Century of Bicameralism -- Chapter 4 - The Changing Careers of Senators, 1960-2010: Coming, Going, Choosing -- Chapter 5 - Senate Parties and Party Leadership, 1960-2010 -- Chapter 6 - Individual and Partisan Activism on the Senate Floor -- Chapter 7 - The Senate Syndrome -- Chapter 8 - The Filibuster Then and Now: Civil Rights in the 1960s and Financial Regulation, 2009-2010 -- Chapter 9 - Advice and Consent in the "Slow" Senate -- Chapter 10 - Congress and Energy Policy, 1960-2010: A Long-Term Evaluation -- Chapter 11 - The Senate and Foreign Policy -- Chapter 12 - Looking Back to See Ahead: The Senate in the Twenty-First Century -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Looking at the challenges facing the US Senate today and covering issues such as delay, obstruction and polarization this book provides readers with an important introduction to this area of US politics.
• Titolo autorizzato: The U.S. Senate
• ISBN: 1-4833-4945-4; 1-4833-0130-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813328603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II